It's true that energy is only saved with a black screen on CRT monitors. However, LCD monitors consume less energy than CRT monitors in general.

I've seen people say that a black screen is harder on the eyes. I can't believe people would say that! I look at my LCD monitor all day long, and I find that reading off of a white screen is MUCH harder on my eyes. Long before the first post regarding Black Google ever surfaced (sometime in 2006), I went searching for a black google (by googling "black google," of course).

Back then, there was only one black google search page that actually showed search results with a black background (believe me, I tunneled down over 20 pages in the google results, and that was the only one). I've been using www.jabago.com ever since and I've found that it's greatly reduced the strain on my eyes.

So many people say that it's just the opposite, that a black screen is harsher. Anyway, there's been all this hype about black google and whether it actually saves energy, and I think people are missing out on the true advantage of a black background. If anyone is still reading this post, I'd like to challenge them to try the black google page at www.jabago.com for a day and then report back here whether or not you found it reduced eye strain compared to the regular google page. Also, please note whether you're using a CRT or LCD monitor (maybe that makes a difference).

Jabago was originally branded as "Black Google, a Search for Sore Eyes" before Google made them re-brand. I think their new look is much nicer anyway: